Among those alternatives are services that are native to mobile, as well as former desktop clients like AIM and Yahoo!
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Variations on the Yahos malware have been infecting users for years, spreading initially via instant messenger platforms like AIM and Yahoo!
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Newer drugs like Pargluva aim to create a benefit by hitting more than one PPAR.
Older drugs like Lipitor aim to prevent the cholesterol from ever getting to the arteries.
Senator Paul Routier said he would like to aim for an amount closer to the UN target of 0.7% of gross national income (GNI).
Could integrations with other social services come next, or the ability to chat through other IM services like Google or AIM?
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Last month, New York-based United Virtualities released software called HotRecorder that can archive calls over PC-based VoIP services like Skype, AIM, Yahoo!
That might sound like an outsized aim for any governor, but Massachusetts was running ahead of the crowd before Romney assumed office.
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Websites like Tykoon and FamZoo aim to bring 21st-century tools to the 19th-century invention of allowance.
Finally, independent databases like MunicipalBonds.com aim to create a more user-friendly searching experience, though you may have to pay for some features.
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Some new browser features, like file-sharing, aim to replicate functions or Web services that are already easy to access across multiple devices through services like Google Drive or Dropbox.
It also highlights the promise of a class of experimental medicines, designed as successors to Actos and other drugs like it, that aim to correct cholesterol and triglyceride levels as well.
Even when companies do float (like Facebook), their aim in raising money is to let seed investors realise their stakes, rather than to finance expansion.
Both of these thoroughly flogged carcasses of stocks must feel a lot like this target I took aim at from 20 yards away a few years ago in Arizona.
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If investors want to buy more boutique-like stores, they should aim for larger chains, such as Abercrombie, as those stores don't solely rely on children's clothing and if it flops, they aren't as likely to go under.
The aim of this, like the wider plan, is to maintain military pressure on the insurgents.
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But efforts like World Coffee Research, which aim to persuade competitors to tackle common problems, face obstacles.
Organizations might aim to function just like father and sons on the sofa.
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"There's no upside to offensive language, no positives at all unless your aim is to look like a mindless moron, " Mr Elliot said.
Coley's technology takes aim at toll-like receptors (TLRs), detectors on immune system cells that pick up invaders and bad actors in the body.
Like a bad bank, the aim is to isolate toxic assets, encourage private money to come in and discourage banks from hoarding their capital.
And in Thailand, also, we aim for -- would like to see the national reconciliation.
Minor adjustments are all that are necessary to aim accurately and still feel like you are aiming.
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Colleges like the University of Texas at Austin aim to give students an edge on start-up success.
In sum, compassionate conservatism looks much more like an ambitious agenda with a real aim than a meaningless slogan.
Sources confirm changes to the new product include more SMS and AIM integration, Gmail-like archiving, and an emphasis on more powerful search.
While US space agency Nasa is to launch a Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) mission which will also aim to locate Earth-like worlds.
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Other Web 2.0 travel companies aim to offer concierge-like services.
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